GOES Aerosol/Smoke Product (GASP) over North America: Comparisons to AERONET and MODIS observations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Prados, Ana I ^a   Kondragunta, Shobha ^b   Ciren, Pubu ^c   Knapp, Kenneth R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CANADA; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; SMOKE; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOL; DIURNAL VARIATION; GOES; MODIS; NOAA SATELLITE; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 35148814338     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007968     Document Type: Article

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